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Beaumont

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Dawn Williams: Teacher's Aide Canned for Showing Cell-Phone Porn to Students

    Imagine you're a teacher's aide in your East Texas hometown. You're looking to maybe score a better position so you come up with an out-of-the-box idea. In your mind, it's soooo good that you just got to present it to a handful of teenage students. Well, Dawn Nicole Williams did exactly that...and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Montrose Winter Social: Festival of Sound Checks

    Photos by Barry Sigman​For more pics from the inaugural Montrose Winter Social, check out our slideshow. The years spent organizing and attending a number of live music events have taught us several valuable lessons: 1) the line-up will inevitably change the second after being finalized and s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    More Than 20,000 Deported from South Texas in 2011, Feds Say

    La Migra piles up the numbers.​The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced its deportation numbers today for fiscal 2011, which ended in September. Nationwide almost 400,000 were deported -- an ICE record -- and more than 20,000 were deported from South Texas, the agency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Ghosts and the Paranormal in Beaumont This Weekend

    Just pray the streams don't cross in Beaumont this weekend​If you ever wanted to hear from the country's top paranormal investigators, get your Bigfoot on with expert cryptozoologists, or talk to other people who regularly see saucer-shaped aircraft whizzing through the night sky, then you nee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Last Night: Fred Eaglesmith At McGonigel's Mucky Duck

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Fred Eaglesmith McGonigel's Mucky Duck February 22, 2011 Rocks Off Sr. wanted to know, and he wanted to know now. "What kinda crowd is this? Canadians?" "Yeah, some, for sure." Aftermath understands these things. Instinctively. It's like drinking good whiskey. "But l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Ten Charmingly Strange Old Postcards from Galveston, Beaumont and Baytown

    Last month we shared with you ten charmingly strange old postcards from Houston. Now it's time to give equal love to the places that surround Houston. As always, Card Cow is the place to go for your vintage-postcard needs. 10. Beaumont: Plenty of Parking! The Beaumont Village Shopping Center featu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Texas Catfight Videos: Ferocious Filmed McAllen Brawl Bests Beaumont Battles

    Well, Beaumont, your reign as Capital of Texas Catfights was short. Not ten days after the wide publicizing of the long-running BMT Brawlz series of DVDs and the debut of the now nationally-infamous Chuck E. Cheese Throwdown, a new champion has emerged. After you see it, we think you'll agree with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Beaumont Chuck E. Cheese's Brawl Adds to City's Sterling Reputation

    We noted earlier today that Beaumont is gaining an Internet rep for the quantity, if not the quality, of its catfight videos of teenaged girls duking it out. Not to be outdone, the adults are getting into the action. The latest from the Golden Triangle city is this family outing at a Chuck E. Chee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Ann Huey: Beaumont Artist Makes Funny Short Film That Almost Makes You Want To Visit

    Beaumont -- a/k/a The Poor Man's Houston -- has image problems that puts Houston to shame. Which is nice if you're from Houston. It's always good to have someone to look down upon. But like any ridiculed city, Beaumont does have its charms. And now, thanks to local artist Ann Huey , they're avail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Darrell Craig Vogel: Beaumont Prosecutor Picked Up Twice In 24 Hours For DWI

    The prosecution rests, excessively​Darrell Craig Vogel, 50, is an assistant prosecutor for the city of Beaumont, meaning he deals with municipal court stuff. The pressures of holding in your hands the Sophie's Choice of whether or not to prosecute that 41-in-a-35 mph-zone case may have been t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    What's My Crime 2: Bad Girls Edition

    1. Gemma Lambino​Welcome to the second installment of What's My Crime?, a contest wherein you, dear Hair Balls reader, get to try to match a mugshot to a crime.We're changing things up a little this time around. First, we've shortened the list from ten mugs to five.We're also including a sixth que ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    SugarHill (Actually Gold Star) In the '50s, The Decade It Became A House Of Hits

    [Ed Note: All this week, to celebrate the release of Dr. Roger Wood and Andy Bradley's new book House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios and preview this weekend's related festivities at Sig's Lagoon and the Continental Club, Rocks Off and Lonesome Onry and Mean ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    World's Most Underpaid Scrap Metal Thief Nabbed Again

    ​Let's just say that 51-year-old Donald Ray Bias of Beaumont is a man of science, not a man of art.Where one more aesthetically inclined -- the sort who prices art for a living, say -- might see a David Cargill sculpture entitled "The Importance of Being Mary" as being worth $25,000, Bias's ruthle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Oh No, I Got the Baby!

    ​January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany, 12 days after Christmas, the day that the Three Kings honored the Christ child. The feast day is celebrated with a "King Cake" in many parts of the world. The King Cake often has a prize inside, often in the form of a baby, in honor of the baby Jesus. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Loon Star State: Gunsmoke On The Border, Pigeons Dropping In Nacogdoches, And More

    ​Loon Star State: Texas Small-Town Crime Round UpThe crime dates only from 1986, but the motive could be from 1886...Authorities in Rio Grande City recently arrested 53-year-old Juan Francisco Martinez for the Easter Sunday 1986 murder of Margarito Alaniz Jr. Police say that Martinez and Alaniz we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    ExxonMobil Fined $600,000; We Think They Can Come Up With It

    ​Let's be honest.There aren't a lot of "bad days" for a global petrochemical company that made a record $45.2 billion profit last year, so we'll just say ExxonMobil had a less than stellar day on Wednesday when state regulators penalized it more than $600,000 for environmental crimes.ExxonMobil's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Beaumont PI Is On The Case Of Olivia Newtown-John's Missing Lover

    ​Strange doings out of Beaumont, involving a private investigator, a faded pop star and the mysterious semi-death of her lover.Beaumont PI Philip Klein tells RadarOnline that he has proof that Pay McDermott is alive! He's alive!!!Which leads to the question "Who is Pat McDermott, and why should we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Distant Early Warning: Al Jarreau, Butthole Surfers, The Mars Volta, The Tragically Hip, etc.

    ​Al Jarreau: Fri., Dec. 11. Arena Theatre. Ben Danaher: Wed., Sept. 30. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Benjamin Wesley, Prairie Cadets: Sun., Aug. 16. The Mink. Black Crowes, Saving Abel: BEAUMONT., Sun., Oct. 18. Ford Park. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: CHANGED Sun., Aug. 23. House of Blues. Brother Ali, BK- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Beaumont News Anchor Indulges (Allegedly) In Insane Facebook Feud

    What the hell is going on in Beaumont?Now granted, that's a question you could ask pretty much any day of the week, but right now it concerns a Facebook spat between a prominent local news anchor there and a critic.Jim Walker, a main anchor at Fox affiliate KBTV, seems to be going nuts, if the Beaum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Things to Do This Weekend If You're (Almost) Broke: Happy Fourth, Houston

    If you're celebrating independence from a lot of money this Fourth of July weekend, believe us, Rocks Off feels your pain. If you can pry yourself away from the barbecue pit, here's a few other things to do that won't cost much. Friday Grrrl Parts and Dave Wrangler glam it up at Boondocks. Fre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Houston's Better Business Bureau Has No Love For Conn's, Despite What Conn's Implies

    Yesterday, when we told you about Texas AG Greg Abbott going after the Conn's appliance chain for deceptive practices, we included the company's response.Conn's said "a current measure of our dedication to customer service by our more than 3,200 employees is our Better Business Bureau rating. We cur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Stuckey's: The Travel Center That Time Forgot

    Photos by J.C. ReidYes, those are toy alligators in pink boas playing accordionsSummer travel season is here, and soon Mom, Dad and the kids will all pile into the family truckster and head out on the open roads for two weeks of familial bliss. Unlike yesteryear, when kids had nothing more than a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    That's One Ballsy Ex-Cop In Beaumont

    Photo by masslessPaul Perritt is one ballsy man.He used to be a Beaumont police officer. That career ended when it was discovered he had stolen more than $142,000 from the Beaumont Police Association. The thievery was made somewhat easier by the fact that he was the organization's treasurer (His mot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Notsuoh to Become "Scout Bar Main"

    www.scoutbar.com Move over hipsters... it's body shots time!In a move long telegraphed but never consummated, Notsuoh owner Jim Pirtle has reportedly made good on his threats to sell the venerable downtown hipster haunt, but not to a greedy developer looking to build luxury housing or some ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Some Thoughts On The Chronicle Cuts: So Long, Suburbs

    (Note: For a while, this item was posted with the wrong byline -- it's by Steve Olafson, not Richard Connelly, and always has been. Thanks, and sorry.)The layoffs at the Houston Chronicle cut much deeper into the editorial side of the newspaper than the announced company-wide 12 percent reduction ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Oh Baby, Baby--King Cake

    It's King Cake season from now until Mardis Gras. We got this one at the Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The little baby looked sort of lonely out there naked in the cold. The little figurine of a baby used to be stuck inside the King Cake by the bakery. The person who got the baby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2008

    Big Thicket Burger

    It's King Cake season from now until Mardis Gras. We got this one at the Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The little baby looked sort of lonely out there naked in the cold. The little figurine of a baby used to be stuck inside the King Cake by the bakery. The person who got the baby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2008

    Aeros Heating Up in February

    It's King Cake season from now until Mardis Gras. We got this one at the Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The little baby looked sort of lonely out there naked in the cold. The little figurine of a baby used to be stuck inside the King Cake by the bakery. The person who got the baby ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2008

    Aeros Defeat Rockford and Quad City

    It's King Cake season from now until Mardis Gras. We got this one at the Whole Foods on Magazine Street in New Orleans. The little baby looked sort of lonely out there naked in the cold. The little figurine of a baby used to be stuck inside the King Cake by the bakery. The person who got the baby ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    The Smoking Ban

    Has it been good for Houston? A dozen local music figures sound off

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Jeffrey Klem

    Has it been good for Houston? A dozen local music figures sound off

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    Sleepovers With Uncle Jeff

    The cardiologist traded on his status as a doctor to fondle young girls

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Roy Head, Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn, Barbara Mason

    concert preview

  • News

    December 28, 2006

    The New KKK

    ...is not quite what you'd expect

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2006

    The Real Crab Man Speaks

    ...is not quite what you'd expect

  • Music

    July 14, 2005

    Hellish Houston

    A summer selection of the Bayou City's most miserable music and depressing songs

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    A Gap in Coverage

    Critics of GoldStar ambulance service say it's late to emergencies, cares for profits over patients, and doctors its books. But without it, there's nothing.

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    Mullet Over

    Roll over to the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Roll over to the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Roll over to the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Total Contempt

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2004

    The Bull Market

    Young bucks ride for a shot at the big time

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Place to Hike

    Big Thicket National Preserve

  • Music

    August 29, 2002

    Barnyard Boogie

    Former Houstonian Kev Russell talks about Snoop Dogg and Cow Fish Fowl or Pig

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Taking Aim

    Texas inmates fleeing the coop might as well pin targets on their backs, under a new prison policy.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    The Mod Squad

    With Brown adrift, can this trio carry the ball?

  • Music

    September 3, 1998

    Clay's Choice

    With Brown adrift, can this trio carry the ball?

  • News

    April 25, 1996

    Poor, Proud, But Independent

    Houston's indie record entrepreneurs do it for the love of the music. Of course, they don't mind moving a few units, either.

  • Music

    December 22, 1994

    Rotation

    Houston's indie record entrepreneurs do it for the love of the music. Of course, they don't mind moving a few units, either.

  • News

    September 1, 1994

    Diamond in the Rough

    Need a baseball fix? Hop over to Beaumont for Kerfeld's Frogs

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